THE FIRESIDE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 240, 6 September 1884, Page 2

THE FIRESIDE.

l^hat He Said.

Oh , yes, I'll tell you the story — The very words that were said, You see' the supper' was cooking, ,__. And I was slicing the bread. — And Richard came into the pantry : His face was exceedingly red. He opened his half-shutfingerg,.^ And gave me a glimpse or a ring ; And, then — oh, yes, I remember, * ' Tho' kettle began to singj , <-*, ' £'f And Fanny came m with her baby— Tho cunningest bit of a thing. And tho biscuit were out m a minute— Well, what came next ? Let me seeOb ! Fanny was there with the baby, And we all sat. down to tea, And grandma looked over her glasses So queer at Richard and me. ' i But it wasn't till after milking That he said what he had to say, How was it ? Oh 1 Fanny had taken The baby and gone away — >. The funniest roguo of a fellowHe had a new tooth that day. , **" I We were standing under the plum tree, / And Richard said something loir, <■ But I was tired and flustered, '■ V* ; And trembled, I almost know ; For old Red is the hardest of milkers, And Brindle's so horribly stow. ' ' And that — let me see — where was I ?, Oh ! the stars grew thick overhead^ And we two stood under the plum free Till the chickens flew up to bad—?' Well, he loved me, and we're to be married — . And that is— about what h« said. ; .